Red Line 4, Coursebook

one hundred and nine 109 Step 4: Bar charts Data that has been collected can also be shown as a bar chart. a) Look at this bar chart with the results of another survey. How many people took part in the survey? If you aren’t sure of the answer, think what the chart is telling you. Fifteen people did the first activity, twelve did the second activity, nine … . 15 + 12 + 9 + … + … + … = … b) Now put these results from another survey into a bar chart. Remember to label the axes. Ages of guests who stayed at the Rose Motel on a Saturday night in May. Age Under 21 21–30 31–40 41–60 Over 60 Number of guests 8 15 18 12 7 Step 5: Your turn: A survey a) Think of a topic for your own survey. Here are some ideas: the styles of music people listen to • the TV channels people watch • the countries people would like to visit • … b) Do your survey and collect the data. You should ask twenty people or more. c) Show your data as a pie chart or a bar chart. bar chart !*bA: +tSA:t? – Balkendiagramm, to label !*leIbl? – beschriften, kennzeichnen, axis, pl. axes !*xksIs, *xksi:z? – Achse You should always label the axes of your bar chart. This means that you should say what is shown by the x-axis (in this example, the activities) and the y-axis (here, the number of people). T IP Computer games TV Sports Music Other 0 5 10 15 free time activities number of people A project E Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des V rlags öbv